falling on one’s bottom / すってんころりん

‘Choju-jinbutsu-giga’ means ‘Animal-person Caricatures’, drawn by unknown artists at a temple in Kyoto, between the 12th and 13th century. This set of scrolls are regarded as the first Japanese manga.

In this scene, a rabbit is thrown by a frog in sumo wrestling, and not just the frog audience, but also the defeated rabbit are laughing. I remembered this stamp when I slipped and fell on my bottom on the stairs of a friend’s house a few days ago.